The XXVI. Annual Linz Winter Workshop will be held at the University of Linz, Austria and will focus on biological single-molecule research, nano-science, nano-medicine, cell-science and bio-nanotechnology and include force and optical microscopy/spectroscopy techniques. This year, special sessions on nano-medicine and high-speed atomic force microscopy will be organized.
The techniques presented will include:
atomic force microscopy ~ fluorescence microscopy ~ optical/magnetic tweezers ~ dynamic force spectroscopy optical spectroscopy ~ nano-mechanics ~ nano-fabrication methods ~ ultra-sensitive sensoring
Invited Speakers 2027
Ando, Toshio (Univ. Kanazawa)
Brügmann, Tobias (Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen)
Calvacanti-Adam, Ada (Univ. Beyreuth)
Canale, Claudio (Univ. Genova)
Cui, Bianxiao (Stanford Univ.)
Doktycz, Mitchell (Oak Ridge Natl. Lab)
Dong, Mingdong (Aarhus Univ.)
Enderlein, Jörg (Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen)
Fischer, Peer (MPI Heidelberg)
Garcia, Ricardo (CSIC Madrid)
Garcia-Parajo, Maria (ICFO Barcelona)
Grubmüller, Helmut (Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen)
Hei∂arsson, Petúr O. (Univ. Copenhagen)
Kanoufi, Frederic (CNRS-Univ.Paris)
Kodera, Noriyuki ( Kanazawa Univ.)
Leclere, Philippe (Univ. Mons)
Lekka, Malgorzata (IFJ PAN, Krakow)
Lesniewska, Eric (Univ. Burgundy)
Li, Hongbin (Univ. British Columbia)
Milhiet, Pierre-Emanuel (Univ. Montpellier)
Park, Sungsu (Univ. Sungkyunkwan)
Patil, Shiva (IISER Pune)
Pyne, Alice (Univ. Sheffield)
Roos, Wouter (Univ. Groningen)
Santos, Nuno Correia (Univ. Lisbon)
Schmidt, Thomas (Univ. Leiden)
Schuler, Ben (Univ. Zurich)
Tolic, Iva (IRB Zagreb)
Unwin, Patrick (Univ. Warwick)
Vicidomini, Giuseppe (IIT Genova)
Zambelli, Tomaso (ETH Zurich)
Zhu, Cheng (Georgia Tech.)
PROGRAM
Friday, January 29th. 7.00 pm:
Get together & Registration.
Saturday, January 30th:
Talks & Poster Sessions, Evening: City Tour & Conference Dinner.
Sunday, February 31st:
Talks & Poster Sessions, Evening: Excursion & Reception.
Monday, February 1st:
Talks continued until 6 pm.
We will also arrange a skiing day in the Austrian alps on January 29th, and a Winter School for young scientists and new-comers from January 26th until January 28th.
For more information please see https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-biophysik/veranstaltungen/linz-winterworkshop/
Registration deadline:
Early Bird: September 15th, 2026
Regular: November 1st, 2026
Abstract submission deadline:
November 1st, 2026
Conference Chairs: Peter Hinterdorfer, Gerhard Schütz, Yoo Jin Oh